Fukushima Daiichi update
March 26th, 2011
The saga at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site continues, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better, officials continue to report the situation as “grave.”
Radiation doses spread unequally – Daily Yomiuri Online
TEPCO workers not warned of radiation risk- Daily Yomiuri Online
Iodine 1,250times over limit – Daily Yomiuri Online
Radiation spikes in sea off Fukushima plant – Market Watch
Radioactivity rises in seawater near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant – Washington Post
Japan PM calls situation at nuclear plant “grave” – Business Week
The “peaceful atom” strikes Japan
March 12th, 2011
One suggestion of the fallout path from Beyond Nuclear and Australian Radiation Service:
BOOM! Here we go… explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. I write this as I’m sitting here in Red Wing, near two nuclear reactors (which are built not far from a fault in downtown Red Wing), and in Delaware with the THREE Salem and Hope Creek reactors just across the Delaware River, this is NOT what I want to see. Our reliance on nuclear power, Minnesota’s recent repeal of our nuclear moratorium, HOW STUPID CAN WE BE? That this would happen in Japan makes it even worse.
At issue are the following nuclear plants (from NIRS fact sheet, linked below):
Regarding the map above, Michael Mariotte of NIRS claims the numbers are way off, that as it is “there would be no increased radiation in the United States, however, these wind patterns and increased levels would come into play in the event that the core melts down.” (emphasis added) …but folks, that’s what the map says, M-E-L-T-D-O-W-N! Here’s NIRS’ info about this:
Last night in the STrib there was a quote from some nuclear muck-a-muck noting the high radiation levels in the plant and saying, “I sure wouldn’t want to be in there now.” Every nuclear worker, every CEO, officers, board of every company making money on that plant better be there dealing with it first hand, it’s their moral obligation.
Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant
Below, a transformer fire at the plant, prior to the explosion:
